Edmond de Rothschild targets “flurry of M&A activity” expected in UK after EU referendum April 18, 2016 Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management has launched a new UK equity fund in anticipation of a "flurry of M&A activity" in the UK after the EU referendum. The Edmond de Rothschild Fund UK Synergy will target takeover deals and companies for restructuring. The fund was seeded with £3m and Edmond de Rothschild is aiming to build [...]
City Moves for 15 April 2016 | Who’s switching jobs April 15, 2016 Bibby Line Group Bibby Line Group has appointed Gaurav Batra as chairman. Gaurav is currently strategy director and also chairs Garic Ltd, Bibby’s plant hire subsidiary. He joined the group in 2013, having previously worked at Virgin Group in corporate development and strategy. McKay Securities Real estate investment trust McKay Securities has announced that Richard Grainger [...]
City Moves for 16 March 2016 | Who’s switching jobs March 16, 2016 Weetabix Gavin Loftus has joined Weetabix Food Company to take up the new position of head of brand of Weetabix On The Go. Gavin joins from Jordans and Ryvita, where he held the position of cereals marketing controller. Before joining Jordans and Ryvita, Gavin was at Reckitt Benckiser, Diageo and Nestle Waters, giving him more than [...]
City Moves for 21 April 2016 | Who’s switching jobs April 21, 2016 Lincoln International Lincoln International, the global mid-market investment bank, has announced that Tomas Freyman has joined the firm’s London office as a managing director specialising in valuations. Tomas will be part of the firm’s global valuations and opinions group and will work closely with Ron Kahn, who co-heads that group and is based in Chicago. [...]
Numis expects to report year-on-year revenue and profits growth despite IPO volume plunging in UK and globally March 31, 2016 Initial public offerings (IPOs) are helping Numis Corporation grow revenue and profits. In a trading update, the company said it expects to report year-on-year growth in the six months to 31 March 2016. Numis said issuance activity has remained strong during the period and that it has completed 27 equity transactions, including 10 IPOs, so far this [...]
City Moves for 6 April 2016 | Who’s switching jobs April 6, 2016 Matthews & Goodman National commercial property group Matthews & Goodman has appointed three new staff members following its acquisition of niche London firm Sinclair Clark Allegra. Nigel Watson has joined the firm as LLP member, Linton Brander as senior associate property manager, and Sabina Joyeux as property management accountant. Nigel and Sabina have joined Matthews [...]
City Moves for 22 April 2016 | Who’s switching jobs April 22, 2016 Callcredit Information Group UK-based credit reference agency and specialist in managing consumer data Callcredit information group has appointed Colin Rutter as chief risk officer and general counsel. With over 25 years of legal experience, Colin Rutter joins Callcredit Information Group from Experian where he was general counsel and a member of the UK&I, EMEA and [...]
Provincial England has taken over Westminster – and it’s put state intervention back in vogue July 21, 2016 The EU referendum paved the way for the industrial strategy now defining Theresa May’s first weeks in office. Why? Because the provincial English working class and lower middle class forced the country out of its status quo and administered a huge shock to the system. Politicians are realising that options they never previously considered are [...]
Scrapping tax havens would be unrealistic, experts tell MPs June 14, 2016 It would be unrealistic to think low corporation tax jurisdictions, or so-called tax havens, could be eradicated, the Treasury committee was told today. Responding to a question from the committee on whether tax havens are a relic, Steve Edge, a tax partner at Slaughter and May, pointed out that different jurisdictions had different "packages" on what they could offer businesses. He added [...]
Wages in London grow faster than in the rest of the country June 4, 2015 Wages in the capital are increasing faster than they have in nearly a year, according to a new survey out today. The survey, carried out by the Recruitment & Employment Confederation and KPMG, found that wages for permanent employees in London increased for the twenty-fourth successive month in May, marking an uninterrupted, two-year trend of successive [...]